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For math: - buy a bunch of math manipulatives (number blocks, base 10 blocks, Cuisenaire rods) - watch the TV show 'Numberblocks' on Netflix or BBC (there are
by rahimnathwani 5y ago
For math:
- buy a bunch of math manipulatives (number blocks, base 10 blocks, Cuisenaire rods)
- watch the TV show 'Numberblocks' on Netflix or BBC (there are ~50 episodes, and you can rewatch them)
- use books like Beast Academy 1A and 1B if your kid is ready
- Khan Academy Kids (free app)
- Dreambox (paid app: $150 for 10 years) if your kid is ready
- navbaker 5y agoI'll add the Storybots TV series to the list here. It covers a wide range of learning topics and is entertaining enough for the grown-ups to watch as well!
- nealabq 5y agoMy kid loved his Cuisenaire rods. Let me add: - Schoolhouse Rock (songs and video): ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSRRAHvSQBo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSRRAHvSQBo ). Related to skip-counting (counting by 2s, 3s etc), which some kids really like and you can practice anywhere you can count (count the stairs). Skip-counting leads to learning the multiplication tables (flash cards). - Illustrated books about polyhedra. This may be a little advanced, but the pictures are nice. And it leads to Zometools ( https://www.zometool.com/ https://www.zometool.com/ ) and software versions of the same. - Books with number illustrations. You have to look for them ( https://designobserver.com/feature/herbert-spencer-and-the-book-of-numbers/37654 https://designobserver.com/feature/herbert-spencer-and-the-b... ). - Any illustrated book about symbols? I remember how my kids wanted to know the names and sounds of the IPA ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabe... ). This may be just a quirk of my family tho. And it's not exactly math, but being comfortable with associating symbols with meaning might make math a little more comfortable. This is what my kids liked, but every kid has different interests and talents and of course you should build on that. My kids weren't interesting in Lego or Erector Sets or breadboarding LEDs or shooting baskets playing with dolls. If they had been we would have done that. It's not math, but another thing my kids liked was language-learning software like Rosetta Stone ( https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-language-learning-software https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-language-learning-softw... ).
- PebblesRox 5y agoI second the Numberblocks recommendation! The episodes are also available on Youtube, though you have to dig to find the full episodes since there are many compilations that are just snippets. Here are the playlists that actually have full episodes (though not always in order, unfortunately): Red Level 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviEpYtgsxNhSuiqvAsYhc_Uwz https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviEpYtgsxNhSu... Orange Level 2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviEor1JJ9oiJwidaT-q69tYW2 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviEor1JJ9oiJw... Yellow Level 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviErTKxhY3IGf8J7cKO1-n_Jr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviErTKxhY3IGf... Green Level 4: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviEqiv2RFTd7KVnEToPh5jJwm https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviEqiv2RFTd7K... Blue Level 5: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviErvKa4-7x8EDNLZQFz9de5U https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviErvKa4-7x8E... Season 5: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviEpLQxq7gp_cqnumCt5_FjS7 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviEpLQxq7gp_c... Specials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviErsBiq9poHxg9IgPO3VlEGr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9swKX1PviErsBiq9poHx...